Volkswagen Golf Variant / Jetta. Manual - part 104

❑ 8 Nm

4 - Hex Nut with Collar

❑ 8 Nm
❑ Quantity: 4

5 - Gearshift Housing
6 - Selector Lever Cable

❑ Must not be removed from the selector mechanism and is replaced together as a single component.

7 - Transmission

5.2

Selector Mechanism, Removing and In‐

stalling, Vehicles from 03/2009

⇒ “5.2.1 Selector Mechanism with Selector Housing, Removing

and Installing”, page 47
⇒ “5.2.2 Selector Mechanism without Selector Housing, Remov‐

ing and Installing”, page 51

Note

♦

Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.

♦

Do not lubricate the selector lever cable.

5.2.1

Selector Mechanism with Selector

Housing, Removing and Installing

Brief Description
The selector mechanism and the selector lever cable must be

separated from each other. Both are removed with the selector

housing.
Remove the center console inside the vehicle interior.
It is necessary to remove the heat shield under the vehicle.
It is possible to remove and install the selector mechanism with

selector lever cable alone without the selector housing. Refer to

⇒ “5.2.2 Selector Mechanism without Selector Housing, Remov‐

ing and Installing”, page 51

 .

Note

After installation, the selector lever cable must be checked for

ease of movement and adjusted.

Removing

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– Remove the selector lever handle and disconnect the con‐

nector -2- from the cover while doing so. Refer to

⇒ “4.7 Selector Lever Handle, Removing and Installing”, page

40

 .

– Remove the center console. Refer to ⇒  Body Interior; Rep.

Gr.  68 ; Center Console .

– Disconnect the connector -1- from the selector mechanism to

the vehicle wiring harness.

– Remove the center console. Refer to ⇒  Body Interior; Rep.

Gr.  68 ; Center Console .

Housing, Removing and Installing .

System; Overview - Air Filter .

– To remove the selector lever cable from the transmission, re‐

lease the selector lever cable -arrows 1- and then remove it

from the cable bracket -arrow 2-.

Note

♦

Do not use pliers because the mounting tabs on the cable

bracket could break off.

♦

Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.

– Pry the selector lever cable -1- off the selector shaft lever -3-

using for example an open end wrench -2-.

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-arrow- on the transmission.

– Raise the vehicle.
To remove the selector mechanism, the heat shield under the se‐

lector mechanism must be removed as follows:

Caution

Risk of damaging the decoupling element.

♦ Do not bend the decoupling element more than 10°.
♦ Do not load the decoupling element.
♦ Do not damage the wire mesh on the decoupling element.

– Loosen the nuts on the clamping sleeve -1- and then slide it

toward the rear.

– Remove the front tunnel brace -arrows- from the underbody.

– If necessary remove the exhaust system bracket from the

subframe -arrows-.

– Tie up the front exhaust pipe.

– If equipped, remove nuts -1 and 2-, and remove the rear tunnel

brace.

– Disengage the center muffler and the rear muffler from the re‐

taining loops -arrows- and tie them to the body for example

with a wire. Remove the exhaust system rear section, if nec‐

essary.

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the heat shield -1- for the center tunnel can be removed.

Note

A second technician is required under the vehicle to remove the

selector mechanism.

– Remove the nuts -arrows- in the vehicle interior.
– Remove the bracket -A-, if equipped.
– Remove the selector mechanism -B- with the selector lever

cable and selector housing downward.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.

Note

♦

Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.

♦

Do not lubricate the selector lever cable.

♦

Tightening specifications. Refer to

⇒ “5.1 Overview - Selector Mechanism from 03/2009”,

page 46

 .

– Carefully press the selector lever cable onto the selector shaft

lever and into the cable bracket.

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